On Monday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reconsider its earlier decision that businesses did not need to prove direct harm.

BP said Wednesday that it will ask the 5th Circuit to take steps that would keep the current freeze on claims payments in place until the Supreme Court considers the issue.

BP initially estimated it would pay roughly $7.8 billion to resolve spill claims. The company later said the claims administrator was misinterpreting the settlement and it could no longer estimate the deal's ultimate cost.

The jury that will decide whether to convict Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev includes a house painter eager to "serve my country," a man in his 20s who is Baha'i and speaks Farsi, and a water department employee who said he thinks t...